MBA Program General at Missouri Southern State University
Candidates who choose the general MBA program must complete the following required courses, 21 hours if all prerequisite courses have been completed.
Number Course Title Hours
51-646 Managerial Accounting 3
52-651 Macroeconomics for Business Managers OR 3
52-654 Managerial Economics
53-621 Financial Management 3
54-616 Organizational Behavior 3
55-630 Strategic Marketing 3
44-623 Information Systems 3
54-618** Executive Seminar 3
Total Credit Hours 21
In addition to the seven required courses, candidates who elect the general MBA Program are required to complete 12 credit hours. Students may choose these electives from the following courses:
Number Course Title Hours
53-625 Personal Investments 3
54-610 Advanced Management Theory 3
54-611 Quantitative Analysis 3
54-620 Advanced Human Resource Management 3
54-641 Quality Systems 3
54-642 Continuous Improvement Techniques and Concepts 3
54-643 Evolution of Quality Management 3
55-631 International Business * 3
Economics course listed above not taken as requirement.
Any of the Accounting, Agriculture of MIS Emphasis courses may be taken as electives if all prerequisites are met.
Electives must be approved by the student’s advisor in advance. No more than three (3) hours of 500-level courses may count as electives. The following non-business courses may be taken as electives with an advisor’s approval:
Number Course Name Hours
Ag 03-504 Futures Marketing (Agriculture) 3
Pol Sci 34-525 Transnational Politics 3
CSIS 44-540 Visual Application Development 3
CSIS 44-560 Advanced Topics in Database Systems 3
CSIS 44-626 Multimedia Systems 3
CSIS 44-645 Computers and Networks 3
CSIS 44-660 Database Design and Implementation 3
CSIS 44-695 Current Topics in CSIS 3
Psych 08-526 Psychology of Leadership 3
Notes:
* Students who did not complete a course in international business at the und graduate level must complete 55-631 International Business as one of the elective courses.
** 54-618 Executive Seminar must be taken during the last trimester of enrollment.
Comprehensive Exam
Students must pass the Graduate Management Business Exam or the Booth College comprehensive Exam as a condition of graduation. The requirements for the Booth College Exam allow students to chose three essay questions for response from five general MBA areas with the following exception. If the student fails to earn at least a grade of a B in all accounting courses then two questions are responded to out of the five general MBA areas.
Research Component
In addition to the above course requirements, a research component must be on file in the office of the dean, Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies, prior to applying for approval to take the comprehensive examination.
The research component may consist of any original individual or group research paper completed as a requirement for any MBA graduate course. A research component form may be obtained from the Graduate Office or from the Office of the Dean, Melvin D. and Valorie G. Booth College of Business and Professional Studies.
The student will complete the research component form, obtain the signature of the instructor of the course, and return the form and a copy of the research paper to the dean’s office. The dean’s office will forward the research component form to the Graduate Office and retain the copy of the research paper in the student’s file.
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